Let yourself be adopted by the Virgin Mary
You're not alone. You have a Mother in heaven who won't let go of your hand.
Maybe today you feel that No one understands you. That you have no one to tell him what you have inside. Maybe your family's away, or it's gone, or they just don't listen to you. Maybe years have left you aside, in a room too quiet.
Listen well, because it's true: You have a Mother.. Her name is Mary, and she loves you before you were born. He doesn't care about your age, your mistakes, or anyone else remember you. She cares about you. You.
He only asks you for one simple thing: Let yourself love.
"Am I not here, that I am your Mother?"
Almost five centuries ago, on the hill of Tepeyac, the Virgin Mary appeared to a poor and humble Indian, San Juan Diego. He was in trouble and in a hurry, because his uncle was dying. And she, her Mother, stopped him and comforted him with words that have never been forgotten:
"Am I not here, that I am your Mother?
You're not under my shadow and I'm holding back?
Am I not the source of your joy?
Aren't you in the hole in my mantle, at the intersection of my arms?
Do you, by any chance, need anything else? "
- The Virgin of Guadalupe to San Juan Diego (Tepeyac, 1531)
And this, which he told Juan Diego, tells you today. You are also under his shadow and his guard. He also takes you in the hole of his mantle, at the crossing of his arms. You don't really lack anything, because you have her for Mother.
Let yourself love
Treat her like what it is: you Mother of heaven. There is no need to know how to pray in a special way. Just talk to her, like you'd talk to the best of the mothers:
- Speak to him quietly, when you wake up and before you sleep.
- Tell him everything that makes you sad. Don't keep anything.
- Tell him what you'd like to improve your life.
- Tell him what would return your illusion and joy.
- Ask him for help with confidence, like a little son.
- Make her present all day long... and you'll see how, little by little, your life starts to change.
Make her your mother, and she It will help you, it will seek you, it will rescue you and it will lead you. on the good road. You just let yourself.
How to look for her every day
Three simple, old and beautiful ways to be with her:
El Ángelus
A greeting to Mary at noon, remembering that God became a child in her bosom. Pray the Angelus →
The three Avemarias
Three Avemarias when you wake up and lie down, putting yourself in their hands at the beginning and at the end of the day.
The Holy Rosary
The most tender prayer: to pass the accounts as you speak to him, mystery to mystery. Start the Rosary →
I know how she
To be adopted by Mary is also to look a little more like her every day, asking her for her virtues:
Prayer for adoption
Mother Mary,
Today I choose you as my Mother.
I, who sometimes feel lonely and forgotten,
I want to be your son and let me love you.
Take my hand, don't let go;
Look for me when I'm lost, consume me when I cry
And bring me to your Son Jesus slowly.
I'm not alone today: I have you.
Mother, let me be yours. Amen.